Dallas Wings star rookie Paige Bueckers briefly left Tuesday night’s game against the New York Liberty due to a back injury. However, she doesn’t appear to be overly concerned about the severity of the injury. She’s hopeful that with some rest and treatment, she’ll be back on the court soon.
“I’m alright,” Bueckers said in a quick postgame video. “I just got it checked out. I think just a pulled muscle. Felt a strain, felt it tighten, so just gotta get it worked out… I was just dribbling the ball up, and I felt sort of a tightness come along. It was pretty random… It’s day-to-day, I’m hoping it won’t take me out.”
The New York Liberty bounced back with an 85-76 victory over the Dallas Wings, avenging their surprising loss in Dallas just a week ago. While Breanna Stewart remained unavailable due to her recent injury, the Liberty had a well-rounded scoring effort, with six players scoring between 9 and 15 points. Jonquel Jones led the way with 15 points.
Despite leaving in the third quarter due to a back injury, Paige Bueckers still managed to play 31 minutes and finished as the game’s leading scorer with 21 points. She has now been in double figures in every game of her rookie season, but she didn’t get much offensive support in this one. Arike Ogunbowale chipped in 14 points, but struggled with her shooting, going 3/12 from the field and scoring six points from the free-throw line.
In her debut game with the Wings, Diamond Miller failed to score in just seven minutes of action. Miller was the key return piece in the DiJonai Carrington trade—a former second overall pick who had a promising rookie season before an injury slowed her development. She’s still in the process of adjusting to her new team, so her limited impact on Tuesday wasn’t surprising.
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